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Kyle Larson’s good week only got better on Sunday in his home state.
Days after receiving a waiver from NASCAR allowing him to race for a championship, the Hendrick Motorsports driver won for the second time in the past four races, claiming the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Cup Series road-course event at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
The Elk Grove, Calif., native notched his third win of 2024 and 26th of his career by passing Martin Truex Jr. with nine laps to go after the Joe Gibbs Racing driver had just taken the lead from Chris Buescher. Truex had recovered from a Lap 8 spin at the beginning of the series’ 16th race.
In a full green-flag run after Stage 2 ended on Lap 60, Larson pitted with 29 circuits left and used 13-lap fresher tires to run down Buescher and Truex, taking advantage of the latter’s mistake in the closing laps.
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“I was thankful (Buescher and Truex) got racing and Martin never got clear and I’d be stuck in third,” said Larson, who also won at Sonoma in 2021 and gave Hendrick its series-best eighth win at the twisty track. “I was hoping (Truex) didn’t have anyone to judge off (in the apex). I had a big run.”
The last lap featured Truex running out of gas, and Kyle Busch (12th-place finish) getting turned by Ross Chastain while racing in the top five.
“I finally cleared (Buescher),” said Truex, who ended up 27th. “I made a mistake, and (Larson) was right there to pounce and then obviously ran out of gas so it didn’t matter.”
